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“Go Build”

chuckiechan

chuckiechan

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https://www.enr.com/articles/43433-go-build-campaign-to-launch-national-website

Now we’re talking. It way past time to go back to basics an remember the days of O-J-T, trainees, apprentices, and entry level workers.

We have the manpower, now all we have to do is train them. Lots of these kids grew up on homes without fathers or even without garages to work in, and may need a bit more training than others.

By most measures, this is an ideal time to be a construction tradesperson. An analysis of government job data by the Associated General Contractors of America reveals that the industry’s unemployment rate of 4.5% is the lowest in 11 years. Conversely, the average hourly wage for construction—$29.06—is up 2.3% from last year and nearly 10% more than the average non-farm, private-sector job.

Nevertheless, the long-simmering shortage of skilled trade labor continues to plague contractors of all sizes, specialties and locations. The third-quarter Commercial Construction Index, produced by USG Corp. and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, found that 60% of contractors are having difficulty finding skilled workers. The current pinch, exacerbated in part by hurricane-driven demand in Texas and the Southeast, will only tighten as projected upward trends in commercial and infrastructure construction clash with a rising tide of baby-boomer retirements.
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Actually the full title was “'Go Build’ Campaign to Launch National Website”. Sorry about that. I will take my flogging like a little girl!

Mexican labor has made it so easy, it was like “why go through the hassle and drama of “twenty something” citizens.
 
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